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Northern Great Plains Fire Management: FFI Database

Metadata Updated: March 3, 2026

Northern Great Plains Fire Ecology Program (NGP-FireEP) and Northern Great Plains Inventory and Monitoring Network (NGPN) plant community monitoring data collected at network parks. The data were collected during summer field seasons by NGP-FireEP based out of Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota from 1996 to present and by NGPN based out of Rapid City, South Dakota from 2011 to present.

Data collected from vegetation transects are either 30 or 50 meter point intercept data to obtain relative and percent cover. Shrub density data (2001-2006) was measured using brush belts along the same transect. Nested frequency data (2001-2016) are collected in three frames (0.01, 0.1, and 1m2 nested quadrats) along the transect to determine species diversity. From 2011 to present , nested frequency data are collected in four frames (0.01, 0.1, 1, and 10m2 nested quadrats) by the Northern Great Plains Inventory and Monitoring Network at five locations along each transect. Photographs are taken from each end of the transect to document change.

Access & Use Information

Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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Dates

Metadata Created Date January 14, 2026
Metadata Updated Date March 3, 2026

Metadata Source

Harvested from DOI NPS DCAT-US

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date January 14, 2026
Metadata Updated Date March 3, 2026
Publisher National Park Service
Maintainer
Identifier http://datainventory.doi.gov/id/dataset/NPS_DataStore_2297267
Data First Published 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z
Data Last Modified 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z
Category Relational Database
Public Access Level public
Bureau Code 010:24
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Metadata Catalog ID https://ddi.doi.gov/nps-data.json
Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
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Harvest Source Id d917c1a9-26b7-43ea-b8c5-c77ec750a850
Harvest Source Title DOI NPS DCAT-US
Homepage URL https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/Reference/Profile/2297267
Old Spatial -107.44503,41.8110161,-96.6796,48.0111351
Program Code 010:118, 010:119
Source Datajson Identifier True
Source Hash 37cfa53cefd2a5a2d64fcc79e9c07b96c94f6923ca6d439291ea774565264196
Source Schema Version 1.1
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Temporal 1996-08-01/2022-12-01

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